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Construction Spending Rises on Revisions

Posted: April 1, 2013 at 10:16 am

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in February rose by 1.2% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $885.1 billion from a downwardly revised estimate ...
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ISM Data, Consumer Sentiment and Construction Spending Bring DJIA 14,000

Posted: February 1, 2013 at 10:19 am

We have two important readings out this morning, after the key unemployment report from earlier. We have seen the University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading. This report was immediately followed ...
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U.S. Construction Spending Rises in September

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 10:43 am

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in September rose by 0.6% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $851.6 billion from a revised estimate of ...
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US Construction Spending Up 9.4% So Far in 2012

Posted: July 2, 2012 at 10:54 am

Spending on construction in the US rose from a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $822.5 billion in April to $830 billion in May, a rise of 0.9%. Year-over-year, May’s total ...
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The Ten Things The Government Could Do To Cut Unemployment In Half

Posted: September 3, 2010 at 8:31 am

Unemployment, according to a number of government officials and economists, has become intractable and the August jobless rate hit 9.6% as non-farm payrolls dropped 54,000. That cannot be said about ...
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